Turning 30 is a big deal! What better way to ring in the new decade than with a theme party. Our good friend, Tiffany, asked us to help plan her boyfriend (now husband), Karl, a surprise superhero themed 30th birthday celebration. This party took place in January, so it was fun to see adults dressed up as superheroes or villains months after Halloween. The birthday boy’s favorite superhero is Spiderman and he had a Spiderman T-Shirt waiting for him upon arrival.
We created a whimsical menu, appropriate for both superheroes and villains. Guests dined on Superhero Sandwiches, Dare Deviled Eggs, Caped Crusader Pigs-in-a-Blanket, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle Shell Pasta, Green Goblin Guacamole and Two-Faced Crab and Artichoke Dip.
For dessert, we found an adorable Superhero cupcake kit and cookie cutters from Williams Sonoma. We made vanilla and chocolate cupcakes that were decorated with Spiderman, Green Goblin, Thor, Hulk, Captain America and Iron Man cupcake liners and toppers. We displayed these treats on a Spiderman cupcake display that we found at Party City. We also created sugar cookies with the faces of Spiderman, Captain America, Hulk and Iron Man.
In order to create these amazing desserts, we needed to invest in a cake / cupcake decorating kit. We purchased a Wilton kit from Amazon, and with that Baked By Archana was born. Archana went from baking with box mix to baking from scratch. She now even bakes healthy, gluten free desserts.
The birthday boy loved the cupcakes.
Of course, no superhero party is complete without a fun Photo Booth. We found this newspaper fabric from the garment district. We printed fun signs, “BANG,” “BLAM,” “KAPAW,” and “ZAP,” that were reminiscent of the 1960s Batman TV series. We even created a “WANTED” sign for the villains.
“Life doesn’t give us purpose. We give life purpose.” –– The Flash
Shop This Party
Invitation: Evite
Cookie Cutters: Ebay
Spiderman Cupcake Display: Party City
Newspaper Fabric: Garment District
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You are so creative with your parties! Best of all, all your guests get the most memories to last a lifetime.
Your creative work is amazing, all printed fun signs like BANG, ZAP looks great signs ….
Oh my. Everything looks delicious. I like the party theme. A super hero themed birthday would be so much fun for anyone at any age! Love those cookies and cupcakes!
These photos radiate great uplifting merriment. Thank you for sharing your bliss with us.
Super heroes and super villain!you are super creative,You didn’t want the bad guys to feel left out.
That’s so fun to have a kids themed party for an adult. I might have to do one for my 40th!
This looks so fun. Specially with the superheros cookies. I love it.
Loving the bites, yummy. Also, the Marvel-themed cakes are great. My son has been in love with Marvel since he could talk so basically every year it is one marvel character or another or all of them.
That is such a nice theme fora birthday party, even for an adult. The superhero cookies you’ve baked are so cute.
Wow
You guys are so creative. God I wish I was a twin. Love your blog and your parties
Wow! This looks like an absolute blast haha!
Really creative! Loved the themed numnums!
wow that is some creative work, a wonderful memory of the event for a lifetime
This is so cute I want to do a party like this also. Love the theme! The pics are so adorable as well!
Amusing post – thanks for sharing insights about being a superhero!